If god hated fags why did he make them so fucking fabulous?

I get and support the whole “fight discrimination” thing but honestly.. why choose a photographer or a cake maker who doesn’t want you as a client. Planning a wedding is stressful enough.. wait.. I know let’s bring a lawsuit into the mix. Suing a homophobe isn’t a back door conversion therapy. Wouldn’t be my hill to die on for my “special” day.

fwiw, my (extreme minority, apparently) opinion is that I think the ruling was not good, and ideally the law should read that she should be allowed to refuse to work on projects she doesn't want to work on. Yes, the photographer appears to be bigoted in a way that is personally objectionable to me, and apparently to a lot of us on this site, but this does not mean I think it's ok to compel her to work on something she doesn't want to work on, or be faced with such a fine. I do think this is a violation of her rights.

They get so bent out of shape over this stuff. I missed the passage in the bible where God said: "Thou shalt not photograph any queer weddings for it is naught in mine eyes."

She probably had no problem with previously divorced people.
Which her book does specifically mention.

She would be better off leaving her religious bs behind. It would save her a fortune in court costs, etc.

Typical of some groups these days arguing the US Constitution to suit their wants. Luckily. it's not up them what the constitution says.

That’s one thing I like about no longer be affiliated with religion. I don’t have to give a shit about what anyone else does and can focus on myself

I wonder where in the Bible it says that you can't take pictures of a gay couple?? Does she think taking pictures of a gay couple getting married is the same thing as having sex with a woman?

Evangelicals are dumb.

Good.

The problem here is that Carpenter filed the lawsuit. It shows that her and those backing her want to make a big deal of this and bring religion into play. We see nor hear nothing about the same sex couple filing a lawsuit.

Good, prejudice is wrong

As a wedding officiant, many of my same sex couples ask me for advice on which photographers are comfortable with same sex weddings. Knowing that they will enjoy their photos more with an enthusiastic photographer, I steered them toward the photographers I knew embraced marriage equality.

I had heard of a few photographers who might not outright refuse those gigs, but instead would simply refer those couples to another photographer (and keep a referral fee.) I'd rather connect the couples directly to the open minded photographers.

Over the years, since marriage equality became more accepted, some of those photographers have come around and have become more accepting and open minded. I was surprised recently when a previously anti-gay photographer, who used to always refer away the same sex couples, was the photographer for a gay wedding with a coordinator. So, apparently he's come around. For some, perhaps it just takes a bit of time to get used to the idea that the money is green no matter the couple's sexual preferences.

Hopefully it's not just the threat of a lawsuit or fines that are nudging previously anti-gay photographers and other vendors to come around. Way back in 2012, we did have one marriage license agent simply retire rather than have to issue same sex marriage licenses. That was his choice. Adapt or move on, I guess.

I'm a retired photographer. Actually, wedding photography was my "retirement business" for about five years. (I shot about 75 weddings.) But being the good atheist I am, I'll gladly shoot a wedding for any two creatures who love each other enough to want to marry.

I guess bigotry can be expensive, in some places. Good...